Places serindipitie Wants to Go

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

Outsider Art Community.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Formerly frequented by Hollywood stars and now open for tours.

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

An 1870s ranch for pioneers, rodeo stars, and divorcees was abandoned and left for dead, until the city reopened it for exploration.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

Narrowest house in Boston.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.